Grow the garden of your dreams.

GardenWise is a monthly publication. In each issue you receive:

• Garden Tasks: A comprehensive menu of tasks for your garden each month—what to do and why it’s important. A sample list of topics include: 
• What to plant
• How to care for your plants
• Tips on irrigation, pruning, harvesting
• How to deal with common pests
• Design ideas and planning concepts
• And so much more! 
• Plant of the Month: A detailed spotlight on a beautiful plant or  group of plants carefully curated for your Southern California garden, including: 
• Description and photos of the plant
• Why I love this plant—and why you will, too! 
• The best spot in your garden for each plant
• Planting directions (how and when) 
• How the plant benefits your garden 

GardenWise includes a wide range of plants and gardens that are best suited to and sustainable in our climate: 

• Vegetables, herbs, fruit trees
• Drought tolerant plants (succulent and non-succulent!)
• Trees 
• Fruit trees
• Plants from other Mediterranean climate regions
• California natives

That’s just the short list, there’s a whole lot more!

GardenWise is a recurring subscription service. 

• For monthly subscriptions: You will be charged on the same day each month until you cancel your subscription. For instance, if you subscribe on the 3rd day of the month, you will be charged on the 3rd day of every month. 
• For yearly subscriptions: You will be charged on the same day each year until you cancel your subscription. For instance, if you subscribe on January 3rd, you will be charged every January 3rd.

You can access and download each month’s issue of GardenWise from your GardenWise dashboard.

A  new issue of GardenWise is released in the first week of each month. 

To gift a subscription, simply purchase the gift option above. We will send you a coupon code for 100% off a yearly GardenWise subscription. Simply forward the coupon code to your lucky recipient! 

Subscriptions are like prescriptions - they are for just one person and not to be shared with friends, relatives, colleagues, etc. If you are interested in a custom subscription for your company, organization, or clients, please email us at [email protected]

So glad you asked!  We offer: 

• Nan Sterman’s Garden School: A gardening course customized to Southern California’s climate, plants, practices, and soils. It is a combination of online class meetings and office hours, GardenWise, how-to videos, and field trips. For new or experienced gardeners who want to be better gardeners.
• Easy Seed Starting: An online course offered every spring to teach you how to start plants from seed. 
• Third Thursday Webinars: A monthly webinar series on topics gardeners love!

Shop these courses and more on the WaterWise Gardener website!